John Mayer has been making the rounds to promote his new album and the results have been bizarre so far. In Rolling Stone he mentioned his fascination with male genitalia in porn and went in to detail about his masturbatory practices. Naturally, Playboy took that ball and ran with it during their John Mayer interview. However, the most bizarre moments come from Mayer’s discussion of race relations and how that relates, of course, back to his nether regions.

PLAYBOY: If you didn’t know you, would you think you’re a douche bag?

MAYER: It depends on what I picked up. My two biggest hits are “Your Body Is a Wonderland” and “Daughters.” If you think those songs are pandering, then you’ll think I’m a douche bag. It’s like I come on very strong. I am a very…I’m just very. V-E-R-Y. And if you can’t handle very, then I’m a douche bag. But I think the world needs a little very. That’s why black people love me.

PLAYBOY: Because you’re very?

MAYER: Someone asked me the other day, “What does it feel like now to have a hood pass?” And by the way, it’s sort of a contradiction in terms, because if you really had a hood pass, you could call it a nigger pass. Why are you pulling a punch and calling it a hood pass if you really have a hood pass? But I said, “I can’t really have a hood pass. I’ve never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, ‘We’re full.’”

First of all, what? It’s hard to tell exactly what the hell John is talking about here. Somehow black people liking him is like having a “hood pass” which should be called an N-word pass? At this point, it would have been nice for the reporter to ask some follow-ups. Maybe John will take to Twitter to explain.

PLAYBOY: It is true; a lot of rappers love you. You recorded with Common and Kanye West, played live with Jay-Z.

MAYER: What is being black? It’s making the most of your life, not taking a single moment for granted. Taking something that’s seen as a struggle and making it work for you, or you’ll die inside. Not to say that my struggle is like the collective struggle of black America. But maybe my struggle is similar to one black dude’s.

Yes, a black dude raised in the suburbs with a lot of money that could pass as white. And thanks for the definition of what black is. Langston Hughes couldn’t have said it better.

PLAYBOY: Do black women throw themselves at you?

MAYER: I don’t think I open myself to it. My dick is sort of like a white supremacist. I’ve got a Benetton heart and a fuckin’ David Duke cock. I’m going to start dating separately from my dick.

Yes, John Mayer’s penis burns crosses and is the self-proclaimed spokesman for the “white authority.” Bet you didn’t know that. David Duke was also kind of a Nazi. I bet John’s David Duke Johnson is still able to perform for a nice, white Jewish girl. Score one for the Benetton heart.

And finally.

PLAYBOY: Let’s put some names out there. Let’s get specific.

MAYER: I always thought Holly Robinson Peete was gorgeous. Every white dude loved Hilary from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. And Kerry Washington. She’s superhot, and she’s also white-girl crazy. Kerry Washington would break your heart like a white girl. Just all of a sudden she’d be like, “Yeah, I sucked his dick. Whatever.” And you’d be like, “What? We weren’t talking about that.”

Tune in next week when he discusses the difference in the way white and black women chew their food and how he compares his penis to a young Benito Mussolini.

Was he high during this interview? This sounds like words of a high man.

02.10.10 at 1:07 pm

Gotty™

Was he high during this interview?
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I thought he was always high…like giraffe pussy.

02.10.10 at 12:59 pm

Sir Run Run Paw

John Mayer aka Sir Loin-A-Lot

02.10.10 at 1:02 pm

EF Huttin'

*facepalm*

02.10.10 at 1:06 pm

Patrick M.

Too many drugs

02.10.10 at 1:10 pm

LurkinLegend

lost in translation. dude is usually pretty funny.

02.10.10 at 1:12 pm

Dura-Cell

high…like giraffe pussy.
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yoink!

02.10.10 at 1:18 pm

OED

John Mayer speaking on “The Black Experience” is like “The Last Ni**a on Earth”, starring Tom Hanks.

02.10.10 at 1:23 pm

A.V.

As far as the stuff about his dick (why am I even…) it seems like he admits he’s only dated white girls, but hes trying to change that. At least that was my take on it. As far as the other bullshit he said, well I’m not even gonna bother trying to figure it out.

RMF…

02.10.10 at 1:26 pm

Yup

high…like giraffe pussy.
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Birds in the condo? Vomit on a comet?

02.10.10 at 1:27 pm

W

This guy is a jerk off.

02.10.10 at 1:29 pm

Colin

@ARon You’re not!

02.10.10 at 1:33 pm

Bigga Aka I got the Eye of the TIGER!!!

John Mayer speaking on “The Black Experience” is like “The Last Ni**a on Earth”, starring Tom Hanks

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You know Tom is going to do this movie now you have given him the idea. It’s on your head.

As far as this interview goes, I think he is high more than he is a racsit.

02.10.10 at 1:38 pm

Analyst

Sometimes I think niggas are incapable of reading.

Context is always important, so consider posting the whole interview.

If someone asked him “how does it feel to have a hood pass?” and his response is “why not just call it a nigger pass. WHY ARE YOU PULLING A PUNCH” my mind says that it was somebody white who asked them that. And it was probably in a manner that Mayer didn’t find to his liking which is why he said “I can’t really have a hood pass. I’ve never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, ‘We’re full.’”

So get over that shit.

As for the comment about his dick being a white supremacist. Again…he just said he never been open to dating black women before. I’m usually one to fly the flag against the white man, but this ain’t even worth being upset about.

02.10.10 at 1:57 pm

Gotty™

this ain’t even worth being upset about.
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MAN HOLD THE FUCK UP….

we’re angry here?

I misread the whole tone of everyone’s comments.

*slips on black glove and raises fist*

(sarcasm)

02.10.10 at 1:39 pm

Steve P.

In my best stereotypical Italian voice “This guy right here” lol. So he only smashes white chicks?! big deal. Could of choose better ways to say it than supremest but I get what he meant. Not sure what to feel about it though. Its a dick he’s talking about anyways. lol

02.10.10 at 1:41 pm

young_

I also read another interview where he said his least favorite feature of The Smoking Section was The Cooler. Go figure.

02.10.10 at 1:43 pm

Sir Run Run Paw

What exactly is a hood pass?

02.10.10 at 1:46 pm

Steve P.

What exactly is a hood pass?

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I’m still trying to figure that one out.

02.10.10 at 1:48 pm

David D.

I think confusion is the general reaction lol…i feel the same way

02.10.10 at 1:54 pm

nate goodness

that shit was racist….

02.10.10 at 1:58 pm

swishersweets

@ ARon – No, you are not alone. Dude is quite amusing.

Its cool to think and say whatever when your with friends, but I think JM just got a little too casual with the hyperbolic statements in these two interviews. Lock it up, JM. Lock it up.

02.10.10 at 2:03 pm

OED

I do all right with reading comprehension, it’s just the inane shit like this that is difficult to comprehend.
This interview is right out of the Nasir Jones Interviewing Institute of technology. Sit his ass on time out.

John Mayer’s…what?…. Man, get this shit outta here.

02.10.10 at 2:07 pm

Johnny Blaze

Lol at this crazy mofo. I’m gonna have to say Mr. Mayer was on something a tad harder than mary during this interview.

And Analyst, just breathe man. Just breathe. Nobody is calling John Mayer a racist, we’re all just in amazed at how spaced out he is.

Lol and co-sign John Mayer and Nas being on the same shit.

02.10.10 at 2:11 pm

Hip-o-Critic

A hood pass is an unwritten, unstated acceptance as one of us/”get out of jail free” card that we Black people bestow upon the worthy non-Black. Basically, if they came to the hood of [insert treacherous ward here], they would have a pass. But now it’s less literal, like they have a pass with the entire Black race.

For instance Bill Clinton, for his unprecedented work in the African community and getting his jimmy sucked in the White House. Eminem for being a monstrous force in rap and a lyrical juggernaut. Robin Thicke, Anderson Cooper ect

02.10.10 at 2:15 pm

Terrail

I wish I could just be like “there goes Johnny, doin some crazy shit again.” But sadly that is not the case.I don’t think he’s a racist, but the fact he knows who David Duke is does raise my eyebrow.
*makes Scooby Doo SFX*

02.10.10 at 2:20 pm

yah

wow..confused yet amused?

02.10.10 at 2:23 pm

Sir Run Run Paw

@Hip-o-Critic, thanks for clarification. I’m guessing that John Mayer’s hood pass has temporarily been revoked?

02.10.10 at 2:25 pm

Athrin

Anderson Cooper–SAVAGE.

I found this hilarious, especially when he compared his Dick to a member of the KKK. Once he gets that black pussy, though, he may never wanna go back.

02.10.10 at 2:26 pm

Analyst

I wasn’t mad at y’all…I think I just carried that shit over from Twitter. The tone of article that we’re commenting on did give me the notion that they shared similar sentiments though.

02.10.10 at 2:29 pm

A Weezy

John Mayer speaking on “The Black Experience” is like “The Last Ni**a on Earth”, starring Tom Hanks
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You know Tom is going to do this movie now you have given him the idea. It’s on your head.
As far as this interview goes, I think he is high more than he is a racsit.
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You can thank Paul Mooney for giving Tom Hanks that idea, he said it in the Negrodamus skit on Chappelle’s Show… And as for John. What in the F*CK?? It sounds like he thought about each question, took the rational answer and then said the exact opposite of what that would be.

02.10.10 at 2:40 pm

Dura-Cell

Analyst
Yeah I dont think anyone here was mad about the interview. If YOU read nigga lol , you’ll see that most people found it to be funny.

lol @ OED mos def

And BTW if someone tells you ‘you have a hood pass’, most likely they’re not really in a position to give you one. Nobody in any hood even talks like that. Real hoods need ‘face cards’. As in, you dont even wanna go in there without [such and such], because (depending on his credibility) you come through with him, people will put your face with his face and you’ll be cool…some of the time.

02.10.10 at 2:41 pm

forest ill

i bet this shmuck was exceptionally drunk

02.10.10 at 2:44 pm

Strange Botwin

I find JM’s humor hilarious and refreshing. He needs to keep up the awesome candor. So what if he doesn’t always make sense, it’s stream of consciousness talking and he brings you along for the ride.

02.10.10 at 2:44 pm

Dura-Cell

And if John Mayer came to the hood. I dont think the fact that he rubs shoulders with Kanye West, Common, or Jay-Z is gonna help him lol

02.10.10 at 3:03 pm

binaca

dude must have had a few bumps in the bathroom before this interview, because he’s talking out of his ass…..

02.10.10 at 3:05 pm

Word

It’s always good to WATCH a John Mayer interview than it is to READ a John Mayer interview.

02.10.10 at 4:15 pm

VegasMike

Ever since I saw the way this dude acted on Rob Dyrdek’s show I thought he was awesome. Seems like a fun guy to hang out with. Also Chappelle co-signed him which helps. But daamn this was one confusing interview, hah. I guess he figured since it was Playboy he didn’t really have to think before speaking.

02.10.10 at 5:27 pm

the_blackdahlia

am i the only one who finds that funny!…i was soo confused i had to read it 2 times to understand what he was talking about, and so what if he only bangs white chicks!…there are a lot of african-aericans who only bang black chicks so its okay for them to do that and not okay for JM to something similar!…i think he was just probably high, maybe it was the playboy effect!…lol!…i love john mayer regardless!

02.10.10 at 5:59 pm

missy

I’m a little lost here…
Either way, he’s a great artist. What I don’t understand is why it’s a big deal for someone who is white or any other race to use the N word but yet amongst each black person it’s ok? Isn’t that disrespectful too? It seems to be alright for anyone to insult other races but the moment someone uses the N word, all hell breaks loose???

02.10.10 at 6:17 pm

Sam C.

Add me to the “I’m confused” list. In the meantime I’m sure he (or his publicist or whatever) will make a public apology if that excerpt gets more publicity.

02.10.10 at 6:41 pm

Douglas Howser

I bet Kerry Washington is gonna read this interview and immediately give him the pussy. I’m a little jealous… you would be too if you’ve ever seen She Hate Me.

02.10.10 at 7:00 pm

heidi

hahahahaha.
i fucking LOVEEEE John Mayer.
so what if he smokes alot of weed?
we all need too!
lololololol.
standing ovation!

02.10.10 at 9:22 pm

J6

DAVID D. stfu idk why your out to make him look like a racist, your an idiot!!!!

02.10.10 at 9:31 pm

David D.

J6! smh @ wtf lmao omg!!!

02.11.10 at 4:26 am

Theo

I already knew that shit about Kerry Washington…GO JOHN!!!!!!!

02.11.10 at 8:42 am

JDM

Basically I think everything Mayer said was an extended reply to the interviewer’s first question. Or an attempt to make it moot.

02.11.10 at 1:29 pm

texastoker

OED says:
February 10, ’10 at 1:18 pm

John Mayer speaking on “The Black Experience” is like “The Last Ni**a on Earth”, starring Tom Hanks.

*DEAD*

02.13.10 at 12:06 pm

Scandeloupe

LOLOLOL…

You guys need to lighten up.

If I, as an educated african american female, can find the humor in this jumble of words that came out of John Mayer’s mouth, you should be able to as well. John Mayer is known for being incredibly high 99% of the time, having an incredibly twisted sense of humor, and talking WAY too much.

The point is this:

JOHN MAYER IS NOT A RACIST…hes just an idiot.

02.15.10 at 3:40 am

Tamle

I think he drinks to much. He needs to think before he talks, but you can’t do that drunk.

03.12.10 at 1:15 am

Ron

I’m a man and take it from me…sex is sex. If the girl is hot, then its on.Dude is obviously mad no black women show interest. When the interviewer asked him , the interviewer obviously did it to make him look stupid. After reading other stuff from john mayer he seems like he likes sex and will do anything for it. He needs to admit hes mad he got hard from black women when he knows they won’t give him any. Its harder to sleep and get with black women. Trust me I know.